Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 596 g
How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today
Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 596 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-17077-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press
In The Gnostic New Age, April D. DeConick recovers this vibrant underground history to prove that Gnosticism was not suppressed or defeated by the Catholic Church long ago, nor was the movement a fabrication to justify the violent repression of alternative forms of Christianity. Gnosticism alleviated human suffering, soothing feelings of existential brokenness and alienation through the promise of renewal as God. DeConick begins in ancient Egypt and follows with the rise of Gnosticism in the Middle Ages, the advent of theosophy and other occult movements in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and contemporary New Age spiritual philosophies. As these theories find expression in science-fiction and fantasy films, DeConick sees evidence of Gnosticism's next incarnation. Her work emphasizes the universal, countercultural appeal of a movement that embodies much more than a simple challenge to religious authority.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Gnosis, Gnostizismus